The threat of lawsuits has failed to deter Europeans from using the Internet to hoard free music, movies and video games, a firm that measures Internet traffic said Monday.
The latest Hollywood movies, television shows and albums zipping between Internet users accounts for 70 percent to 80 percent of all Internet traffic handled daily by European Internet service providers (ISPs).
The level of peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic, according to Canadian traffic filtering company Sandvine Inc., has remained steady since the start of the year.
“In the United States, there has been a small decline of about five percent. But in Europe, file-sharing levels remain as robust as ever,” said Chris Colman, European, Middle East and Africa managing director of Sandvine.
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